Exhibit 23.1

                        INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
33-92812, 33-92814, 33-92816, 333-38735, 333-61139 and 333-35916) on Forms
S-3 and S-8 of Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., of our report dated May 25, 2000
relating to the supplemental consolidated balance sheets of Dollar Tree
Stores, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the
related supplemental consolidated income statements, statements of
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report is included herein. The
supplemental consolidated financial statements give retroactive effect to the
merger of Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. and Dollar Express, Inc. which occurred on
May 5, 2000.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Norfolk, Virginia
July 12, 2000